Coin-counting machine.



H. K. SMITH.

COIN COUNTING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION FILEDIEB 18,1918.

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HERBERT K. SMIfTI-I, F JAMAICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 ABBOTT COINCOUNTER COIVIPANY, 0F WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF- DELAWARE.

COIN-COUNTING MACHINE.

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bottom consisting of a rapidly revolving of the container.

disk on .which the coins rest, and through the agency of which they aredischarged singly by centrifugal action through a suitable peripheraloutlet or gate in the walls With this centrifugal coin-dischargingcontainer I combine a rotary carrier wheel whose peripheral speed isslightly greater than that of the rotary disk, and which isso locatedwith reference to '20 the point of centrifugal discharge-from thecontainer as to take hold of the coin before it leaves'the centrifugallyacting disk, and, by reason of its relatively g 'eater peripheral speed,takes off and carries away the coin from the disk, keeping it well inadvance of the coins in rear, and passing it through the countingportion of the machine, and thence to the stacker tube, bag, or otherreceptacle for the counted coins. This combi- BO nation with thecentrifugtlly discharging container, of a carrier wlilzel which takeshold of-the coin before it leaves the centrifugal bottom of thecontainer, and carries it along wi'thaccelerated speed, is, I believe,

new with me. By taking thie coin with the carrier wheel directlyfromithe centrifugal. bottom, the danger of clogging by reason of coinsjamming in the runway through which they sass after leaving thecdiitainer, is very so much lessened, and, in conjunction with the niorerapid peripheral movement of the carrier-wheel, andconsequentaccelerated speed of the coin, elfectually prevents theoverlapping of a .coin by a following coin, each 5 coin taken by themore rapidly moving carrier wheel being, by its more rapid movement,atonce separated from the coin next behind which has not yet reached thecarrier wheel.

Iincther portion of my improvements relates to the coin countingdevices, the object being to provide a mechanism which is effi-Specific-ation of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 18, 1913.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913. Serial No. 749,197.

I cient, accurate, and easily operated, and can be readily and quicklyadjusted for either packaging or bagging coin. Packaging. refers to thedelivery of coin in 75, etc, as the case may be. Bagging refers to thedelivery into a bag or other receptacle of coin in a continuous stream,in larger numbers, say 500, 1000, or more. In my machine. with slightand readily made change of adjustment-,1 can deliver the coin in stacksof multiples of any given numbersay ti -from 25 to 200; or I can, withother slight changes in adjustment, adapt it for bagging purposes, thecount of the coin being taken on the well known Veeder countingregister, or other suitable register. A machine thus organized isefiicient, and can be operated at great speed without danger fromclogging or other interferen ce with its proper working.

To'enable those skilled in the art to understand and use my inventiomlwill now proceed to describe more particularly the manner in which thesame is or may be carried into eifect in connection with theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is aplan of the machine, with the front portion of the coin binbroken awjay. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. ig. 3 is a bottomplan of a portion of the same suflicient to show the driving gearing andbelting. Fig. 4 is a much enlarged section ot the counting mechanism online l-l Fig. 6. Fig. 5 is an inner face elevation of the bearing forthe wheel end of the shaft that drives the carrier wheel. Fig. 6 is anenlarged plan of a portion of the machine, with thetop plate whichcovers the counting devices removed. Figs. 7 and 8 represent the settingdisk in plan and side elevation respectively. Figs. 9 and 10 arecorresponding views of the lower. counting wheel, or ratchetwheel. Fig.11 is azsectional View in perspective of such'parts as are need d toillustrate the coacting relations of the centrifugal container and thecarrier wheel. Fig. 12 is a sectional elevation on line 12-12 Fig. 6,designed to illustrate more clearly the devices for adjusting thedimensions 0 the gate through which the coins pass one stacks ofdeterminate number, say-25, 50,

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by one from the centrifugal container to the carrier. wheel. Fig. 13 isa vertical section lengthwise: of therunway, through which the coinspass from the centrifugal container to the carrier wheel and thence tothe discharge or delivery'point. Fig. 14 is a sectional elevation online 14 -14 Fig. 6. F 1523 inclusive are detail views of various partsof the mechanism which will be hereinafter more particularly referredto.

; shell C, closed at its lower. end and'fir nly attached tothe top ofthe table or frame A. i as shown more clearly in section in Fig. 11;

and a rotary disk I), mounted axially within the container andconstituting the bottom of-thc same. e peri hery of the disk runs in"close proximity to t e c lindrical wall. of the container, and the disitself is'rigidly mounted on a vertical shaft d, mounted in ballbearings d, carried by the shell G, as shown in Figs. 1 and 11, andhaving on its a lower end afpulley d (Figs. 2, 3), by which it drivenrom the main shaft 1, by a systern of belting and pulleys 2," 3, 4, asindi*. cated clearl in the figures just referred to.

The main s aft, 1, may be driven from any suitable source of power. Inthe drawing it issupposed to be revolved by hand, and is .for thispurpose provided with a crank handle 5. This systemof pulleys andbelting is of course typical of any suitable gearing for transmittingmotion to the disk D of the centrifugal container from the prime mover.I

' ln the vertical wall o f'the container C.

there is an opening at on'e point-to provide an outlet for the coinscarried'out peripherally against the wallof thecontainer b thecentrifugal-action of the rapidly revol ving disk D with which theytravel, as shown'in Fig. 11. From this figure, as also in Fig. 13,

allparts are omitted save such as will illustrate the coactive relationsof the centrifugal container and the carrier wheel E. It is suificientto say here'that the carrier wheel is arranged in a runway leading fromthis opening in the wall of the container, to con- "tact with the floorf of thisrunway (preferably made of sheet steel) which floor meets theperiphery of disk D, and is flush with the face of the same, so thatcoins will pass smoothly from-the disk onto the floor f. The. 'carrier'wheel revolves at slightly greater peripheral speed than the disk D,

and it is so located with reference to the latter that it takes hold ofthe nearest coin at ,before the latter leaves the disk, as shown plainlyin Fig. 13,. and by its relatively accelerated speed, drawsl this coinaway from the next following one, and with rapidmovement projects itforward through the runway to the discharge opening at the end of thesame, as shown at a" Fig. 13. An inclined fender g is provided atv thispoint to direct the 00in a." into the opening 1". A light leaf spring hprojects through the stationary wall f of the runway (Fig. 11) and restsupon the disk back of the wheel E. The coins pass one by one betweenthis leaf spring h and the disk in their passage to the carrier wheel.The spring preventsthe coins from overlapping one another and assuresthem in proper position. The coins at the periphery of the disk, beforethey reach the leaf spring it, pass through a gate of dimensions toadmit one coin only at a time. This gate which is adjustable both as towidth and height, so as to conform to the thickness and diameter of thecoins of the particular denom nation acted on, is not shown in the twofigures referred to (excepting a a be taken and carried along by thewheel.

The carrier wheel E is fast on H shaft 6 (see more particularly Figs. 1,,3) sup ported in proper end bearings and driven from the main shaft 1by a counter shaft 6, taking motion from the main shaft through beveledgears 7 ,8, and provided with pulley 9, from which passes belt '10 to apulley 11. on the ca'rrier'wheel shaft. This motion transmittingmechanism is so proportioned to that for driving the centrifugal disk Das to impart to the former the accelerated speed over the latterhereinbefore provided for.

It is desirable that the carrier wheel should be held with springyielding pressure against the bottom plate ff of the runway, so that itmaybe capable of rising and falling bodily to such an extent as toaccommodate itself to variations in the thickness of the coins passingbeneath it. To this end the end of the carrier wheel shaft nearest therunway is supported in an open bearing 5 (Fig. 5) in which it can riseand fall, said bearing being formed in an arm z" pivoted at one end to asupporting stand I at i, and held in position at the other end'by. a-slot and set-screw connection i which will permit the adjustment of.the bracket'bearing arm 11, and the securing of the-fame in adijos esiotormed of a spring wire close coiled in tubular form, and slightlystretched between the pulleys 9, 10, around which it passes so as to beunder tension. The pulley 11 on the carrier wheel shaft is between thetwo bearand thus exerts upon the shaft yielding pressure in a directionto hold it down in its open bearing 2'.

I pass now to a description of the gate through which the coins pass oneby one from the centrifugal container. The gate is formed primarily ofthe metal strip K which spans the opening in the wall of the containerC, as seen more particularly in Figs. 1 and 6. Its central limb 7c isparallel with the stationary side f of the runway, and

forms the' other side of said runway for a portion of the length of thelatteryau extension it on the part'ic forming the rest of this side ofthe runway. The end limbs 70 k of the strip are bent at an angle to thecenter limb k, but parallel to one another. The end limb 70 extendsthrough a slot formed in the walls of the container on the site end limbis secured-to the exterior of the wall of the container at the near sideof the opening by a set-screw k", which passes through a longitudinalslot is? in the part 76 into the container wall, as shown moreparticularly in Fig. 2. To the end of the limb Z0 is secured rigidly ascrew is, which engages a nut k swiveled to turn in a bracket 70*,attached to the container wall, as illusec trated irf Figs. 1, 2. and 6.By means of the adjusting screw it, the strip K can be adjustedlengthwise bodily, and can be secured in its adjusted position by theset screw it. A pull on the strip K, by reason of the incline on whichthe limbs k it work, will cause the central portion is, is to move awayfrom, but still parallel to, the. opposite stationary side f of therunway, thus widening the runway. On the other hand, a movement of thestrip K in the opposite direction will cause the central limb 70, 17c toapproach the --other side f. thus narrowing the runway. ,In this mannerthe width of the runway can be adjusted to conform to the diameter ofthe coins operated on. The limb 70 of the strip K is cut away along itslower edge so as to be some distance above the faceof the centrifugaldisk C, thus ieavingbetween k and the disk a space which forms a slots(Figs. 12, 14:) through which the coins can ings which support the endsof the shaft,

far side of the opening therein. The op o- :adjustment of the plate.

po-rtionpf the plate Z is firmly secured the gate strip Z which moves upand down with a pass from the interior of the centrifugal con itainer,the well of the container at the point where the limb 7:" passes throughit bounding the slot at that end. Under this construetion, it will beseen that a lengthwise m rvement of the strip K in one direction willlengthen the slot, and in the other olirection will shorten it, thelength of the slot varying directly with the width of the runway..,,lnthis way, at one operation, the atjustment of these two parts can beefiected.

0.11 the container wall opposite a pointer is on the strip K (see Fig.2) is a properly graduated scale it, by which the strip K can be readilyadjusted for different diameters of coinscents, ten cent pieces,nickels, quarters, etc. It is desirable that the uncut portion of thelower edge of the strip K should be held as closely as possible inproximity to the face of the rotary disk D with out absolute contacttherewith. To provide an efiicient means of securing, this adjustment Isupport the strip K at its two on rather stiff plate springs which holdup the strip; and above the ends of the strip, opposite to point?" belowwhere the plate springs are located, I provide set-screi-vs it carriedby brackets attached to the outside of the container wall, and bearingdown upon the upper edge of the strip. By means i EGG given thickness.To this end I make use oi:

the device shown generally in Figs. 1 and 6. and more in detail in Figs.12 and 14:. l erect upon the limb 73 'a vertical support Z on the innerface of which is mounted a plate Z held to the support by slot andsetscrew connection Z which will permit the vertical adjustment of thisplate. An ad j usting screw Z swiveled in an overhang on the top ofplateZ and engaging an internally screw-threaded nut or tubular lug Z"on the back of support Z is used to effect the Upon the lower the plate,and which is of suflicient iene'ih for the largest coin to be taken careoi y the machine. The lower edge of'this stri determines the width ofthe slot. find the working width of the slot 5: will be deterinined bythe'position of the gate strip, as will be understood without further exjustable plate Z a graduated scale Z (Fig.

Willi? that graduation is appropriate.

The fenderg, hereinbefore referred to in 14) from 10 cents to onedollar, and on the stationary support I, a pointer Z. By ad justed tothe thickness of the coin to which connection with Fig. 13, is showndetached in Fig. and appears in plan in Fig. 6 in connection with theparts with which it is associated. It is held. inthe inclined positionindicated in Fig.- 13 by guides g in which it can slide lengthwise, andit extends through a slot in the stationarywall f of the runway into therunway, with its head bearing against the opposite and=adjustable wallin of the runway, against which it is held with yielding pressure by aspring 9 which bears against its outer end, as seen 1I l Fig. 6.Underthisarrangement it will be seen that the fender will adapt itselfto the movement of the adjustable wall of the runway .to and from thestationary wall thereof.

To prevent the coins in the centrifugal container from gathering'inundue number at the gate through which they are discharged one by one, Imake use of a deflector m, shown in Figs. land 12. This deflector issecured by its base to the inner face of the container wall ina.position to divert from the discharge gate the mass of coins carried,around on the rapidly revolving disk-bottom.

D of the centrifugal container, and atthe same time its lower edge iselevated at such a distance above said disk as to permit. the passageunder it of suflicient coins to supply the gate as indicated in Fig- 12,where the The of a slot and set-screw connection m"wit-h the containerwall; and is assured in vertical position in its movement of adjustmentby a vertical tdngue and groowe sliding connection with the wall of thecontainer, indicated at m Figs. 1- and 12. The rotary disk D of thecentrifugal container has at its center a conicalr projection? d (Fig.11) which prevents any coins froiji gathering on the dead center} of thedisk :when the latter is in revolution.

Y is a stacker tube of any". convenient or usual type, to receive thecoins discharged frdm the opening at the end of the .runway (Figs. 2,3,13

It remains to describe the coin counting mechanism, which is containedand housed between the top and bottom plates i f,

the latter of which is substantially flush with the floor f of therunway. The ,principal parts of this mechanism are the star w ieel n,the teeth of'which,as seen in Fig.

6, project through a slot in the wall f into the runway in position tobe struck by the passing coins, as usual in this class of countingdevices; the. ratchet wheel 0, which is the counting wheel, and whichderive its moverwnt from the star wheel; the pa vl lever for holding theratchet wheel. against bac movement as it is advance'd tooth by tooth bythe star wheel; and the settling disk r for controlling and determiningthe fextent of rotary movement of theratchet wheel.

The setting disk is shown in plan and elevation in "Figs. 7 and 8; theratchet wheel is similarly shown in Figs. 9 and, 10. The dotted lines fin" Fig. 8 indicate the top plate f, and the dotted lines f in Fig. 10indicate the bottom plate f. The

manner in which I prefer to assemble the star wheel n, ratchet wheel 0and setting disk 1', between the top and bottom plates f" f, isillustrated clearly in Fig. 4. The settin disk and ratchet wheel areassembled an mounted upon a vertical. screw-threaded spindle V whichpasses. from below up through the two plates f. f and has on its endabove the top plate f a nut o. In putting the arts together, thetopplate 3 is removed? The screw-threaded spindle 7 is inserted from belowuntil its head brings up against the bottom of plate f; the in ternallyscrew-threaded block 4) is screwed on the spindle down upon'thc top ofthe lower plate f. Then there are screwed sue cessi-vely uponthe spindleV the :cylindrical ratchet wheel 0 is fitted and can revolw; the

spacing block c and the cylindrical block block 'v'f-w'hich serves as ahub on which the e Between the setting. disk and the ratchet wheel is ahelical spring t which is secured at its "outer end to an anchor pin ton the face of the ratchet :wheel, and at its inner end to the spacingblock 'v. This spring tends to revolve the ratchet wheel in the oppositedirection that in which it is revolved by the "star wheel n. The 'starwheel n (see e) is fast on, ormade in n, and the reduced end one with, asha of said shaft below the star-"wheel is fashioned as a journal to fitin a bushing 1n secured in a hole'in the bottom plate f, forming astepped bearing'for t 1e star wheel shaft. On the externallyscrew-threaded' end of the bushing, beneath the plate f, is screwed acap n to be filled with a lubricant such as oil, [which will in effectform an oil bath for the bearing. The star wheelshaft extends upjverticallyuthrough a bearing in the top plate i and between a shouldern on it, and the underside of the top plate, is

confined acoiled spring a which tend: to l distinguished on the mar inof the disk by on the main'shaft of a counting register a (Fig. 1) ofthewell known Veeder type, or

other suitable type, registering for each impulse of the star wheel dueto the passage of one coin, and consequently indicating the total numberof coins which may have passed through the machine.

- the length Motive power forthe ratchet wheel 0 in the countingdirection is furnished by a vertical pin 12* on the face of the starwheel, otwhich is suflici'ent to enable it to engage the teeth in theratchet wheel fo as seen in. Fig. 4. The pin 72. is so located withreference to the ratchet wheeh-as to engage the same during eachrevolution long enough to advance it one tooth. As the star wheel hasfive teeth, and is caused to make sectional elevation in Fig. 22, and iniin its relations to the ratchet wheel and star wheel in Figs. 18, 19,20. It ismounted Eon plate f on t pivot 37 on which it can one completerevolution by five coins, each of which in its passage through therunway causes the star wheel to make one fifth of l a revolution, itfollows that each tooth on the ratchet wheel represents five coins. Theto engage the ratchet wheel, the pawl lever ratchet wheel thus counts inmultiples of below. The

five-one tooth'representing five; coins, two

teeth ten coins, three teeth lifteen'coins;

and so on v The setting disk rhas the same dimensions as the ratchetwheel, and is provided with teeth of like shape and'size as those of theratchet wheel, the teeth of the disk above registering with the teeth ofthe wheel teeth of the setting disk are intendedmerely to engage a s'crew locking pin r (see Fig. 1 and alsn Fig. 21 which is a section online '21-2I-'"Fig. 1), which,

after-the setting disk-has been, rotated to the desired position ofadjustment, is

screwed down into the interval between the two disk teethdirectly-below, to, hold the disk rigidly in that adjusted position. Thedisk teeth havethe same individual value-- viz: five coins-as theratthet teeth; and as a matter or' conveniencie, I divide the' teeth onthe dislezinto successive groups of" five,

they recede from the we point, represent- 25,- 50, .7 5, etc,, as seenin Fig. 7.

- through which the: designating numbers on the setting disk will besuccessively exposed as said disk isrotated; and on one border of theslot is,a pointer 1'. A portion'of the toothed periphery of the settingdisk 7" projects beyond the outer edge of thetop plate F, as seen inFig. l, and by this exposed portion the disk may be manipulated to bringany desired number, or other designation, on it opposite to the pointer-On the pawl lever is a stop arm p,

disk is then locked in this position by the screw locking pin 7", asbefore explained.

On the under face of the setting disk, and

at, or near, the zero point, there is a dog 4", Figs. 7 and 8, for apurpose hereinafter indicated. The pointer r (Fig. l) is slightlydepressed or bent downward; and there are two teeth 1* and r in thesetting disk which are bent upward to lie in the path of the pointer.The one, at the zero point (Fig. 7 and, up against 7', is located bybringing the pointer, prevents further revolution of the disk to theleft beyond fthat point.- The other one, w is located at the pointmarked vents further rotation of the disk to the 'right beyond thatpoint. Tht word Bag there indicates the point on the disk which a.should be brought opposite to the pointer r i i when the machine is'tobe run for bagging ;.purposes-that is to say, when the coin is to be runthrough in a continuous stream.

Bag (Fig fl) and preshown separately in The pawl lever p is plan,

oscillate, It has on its pawl end a'tooth 31 ,being spring pressed by aspring pf in a direction to carry ;teeth offthe ratchet wheel. The toothpt ;is fashioned in any suitable or usual form which will permit theratchet wheel to re :volve in the direction (if the arrow, Fig. 6, i butwill hold it from revolution in the other the pawl'tooth toward thedirection; and to this end it has a flat face and rounded back, as seenin Figs. 6, 18, 19, 2(). The-opposite end of the pawl lever is fashionedin a handle ;0*-by which the lever may be manipulated against the stressof its spring'to carry and'hold it out of engagemen't with the ratchetwheel.

On the uppereface of, the ratchet wheel is a dog 0'- (Figs. 9, 10) whichis designed to engage the do 2" on the setting disk. When 'the ratchet w1861, by the handle'pfl is re 'leased from the control of its pawl, its

spring t will revolve it backward or to the .left, and the dog 0",bybringing up against the dog 0* limits the extent of this movement.About diametrically opposite the dog 0 there is a rec p in the peripheryoi the ratchet wheehof greater depth than the teeth of the-(ratchet. thefrontwall 0.

the starwheel, which stop brings up squarely further movement {pf thestar-i wheel,

aga nst the end oi stop arm p 2, as. shown in Fig, 18'. This'stop The idevice arrests-- ice of this recess bei'n'g indeed diametricallyopposite the'face ofthe dog 0 which brings the setting disk.

consequently further assage of the coins, and serves to take oil rom thegearing that derives its movement from the star wheel the shock to whichit otherwise would be subjected.

In operating the mechanism as thus far described, thesetting disk 1' isso placed that the zero mark on it is 0 posite the ointer 1', theratchet'wheel'o' hlow it wil stand with its dog' 0 a ainst the dog 1" onthe setting disk, and the recess 0 in the ratchet wheel will be solocated that the pawl tooth will have dropped into the recess 0 with itsfiat front face against the front wall 0 of the recess, as indicated inFig.18, thus locking the ratchet wheel against any back movement.brought to zero, the next step-assuming the machine is to be used forpackaging coins-is to turn the setting disk 1' to the right to bring thedesired number of its face opposite the pointer 1*; this movement,

' of course, carries away the dog r on the disk from the. dog 0' on theratchet wheel, butthe latter is nevertheless held from fol lowing thesetting disk by reason of the pawl. If it be supposed that the coins are.to be counted in packages of 100, the set-.

ting disk is turned to brlng the 100 mark on it under the-pointer r, andis locked tight in that position. The pawl is then manipulated todisengage it from the ratchet wheel, and the latter on its release, is'at once thrown around by its spring t until itsdog 0 brings up oncemore against the dog r on the setting disk. In this partial movement ofbackward revolution, it will have traveled a distance of about 20 teeth,each tooth representing 5' coins. The pawl is then released and allowedto dro back into engagement with the ratchetteet which by :this movementof the ratchet wheel have been brought opposite to it. The counting 1mechanism is'thus set for 100 coins. The

machine isthen set in motion, the runway in which the carrier wheelrevolves and the gate of the centrifugal container havingbeen previouslyadjusted to the particular denomination of coins to be packaged. By

the action of the rapidly revolving disk of ratchet wheel one tooth, asindicated in Fig.

19, where the operating pin a on the star wheel is represented as havingengaged and being about to leave the ratchet wheel, and the pawl toothis represented as having been lifted out of engagement with the ratchettooth in front, and about to drop into eugagement with the tooth inrear, on the The parts having thus been and squar lly tooth, thus oldmgthe starwheel down to distance of 20 teeth, the recess 0' will have beenbrought to a point where the and will drop into it, the stop arm p b tis movement of the pawl having been rought into position where the stopn on the star wheel will brin up squarely against it .as before explaineOwing to the very .rapid rate of revolution of the star wheel when inoperation, I prefer to so construct and adjust the parts that the" pawlwill drop into the recess some little timebefore the stop n" on thestar. wheel reaches the stop arm, so that the latter shall be surely inposition to meet, and resist the impact of, the stop.

With the same end in .view', as well as to prevent the star wheel at anytime from overrunning and to insure the roper presentation of eachof itsteeth to t e coins, I make use of a retaining device which acts somewhatin the nature or a damper on the star wheel. This device which'is shownin plan in Figs, 16, 17, an in sectional side elevation in Fig. 23, issupported on the lower plate f, as' indicated in Fig; 23, and is locatedin convenient; proximity to the star wheel. It comprises a lover apivoted at 10' between its ends to the an inclined elongated foot wwhich is in adapted to bear flatwise upon the backs of w eel revolves,the retaining or damper 102- as indicated in Fig. 17, rides over the verback and point of. the tooth on the back of which it has rested, until,as that tooth quits it, it rops and hringsits foot forcibly upon the ackof the next its work Bind preventing any overruning. The shorter arm ofthe pivoted damper le ver which engages the spring to is provided at itsend with allip w wh ch overla s the end of thespring that meets it, anprevents any disengagment of the one from the oth er.-

When the star wheel sto s,,the carrier wheel should stop also, in or ernot to urge along the coins e neat and in advanceof it, against thelocked s r wheel. The momentum however is such that the carrier wheelmay be actuated a short time even- To obviate this' I use t e tubularcoiled spring belt hereinbeafter ower is turned'ofi'.

fore referred to. This belt, when resistan by the stop 10d line of coinsto further revolution of t e carrier wheel is encountered, willslip-onthecarrier wheel shaft pulley around which it passes, thuschecking rotation of the shaft and consequently of the carrier wheel.The 100 coins thus counted late 1; and hav.-

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When it is desired to use the machine for bagging coins, the settingdisk is turned until the bag mark on it is brought opposite to thepointer of, and is then locked in thatwposition. On releasing theratchet wheel from control of its pawl, and allowing its. backrevolution, by the time it-brings up against the dog a the recess o init will occupy the. position shown in Fig. 20, in which it will beheldby the pawl which engages the ratchet teeth in rear of the recess 0 andits relations to the star wheel n are such that. when it is in thisposition, the pin a? on the rotating star wheel will move through thatrecess without en gaging or contacting with the ratchet teeth. The stop22" on the star wheel, as indicated in. Fig. 4, is below the level ofthe ratchet wheeland will not interfere with it in any position. I Theratchet wheel will thus remain at rest, and the star wheel can revolveindefinitely so long as colns are fed to'it. Un-

der these conditions, the only counting done is by the Veeder' registera which, as before explained,'.isactuated from the star wheel shaft bybeveled gearing n of, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 5. In this use ofthemachine, the stacker tube is removed, and in 1ts place is hung a bag toreceive the coins. Assumi on the dial are. 1000 in excess of those onhis memorandum. The machine 'is then stopped and the bag containing" the1000 coins is removed and tied up. Whenevr on the con clusion of thecount, the end one of the-figure'spn the dial of the register is 5, orqO(as. in the present instance it is shown to be on the dial-of theregister in Fig. 1), the star wheel pin a is in a position in which itwilla nht interi't'e re with the teeth of the ratchet wheel', which, onbeing released from its pawl, canreturn at once to its normal position.with reference to the setting disk.

But in scme cases tlai count may be arrested at a time when the canfig'ixre on the'register dial is 'somc figure other than 5 or 0. In-thisinstance it becomes necessary to operate the; registenluntil one ofthese two numbers ap-' pears. To this end, as indicated in Fig. 5,

. it proiong the star wheel-,shaifti n togpass ,npward, through a ,i' on"the stand which supports the carrier wheel shaft at one end; and Iprovide'it at its top with a milled head a by which it may be rotated tooperate the register a until theconcluding figure on the dial is either5 or 0. This will bring the star wheel into a position where the pin nis out of the way of the ratchet wheel; and the counting mechanism isthus cleared for the return of the-ratchet best way now known to me ofcarrying the same into practical eitect, I state in conclusion that I donot limit myself to the struc-' t-ural details herein shown anddescribed'in illustration of my invention, since manifestly the same canbe considerably varied without departure from the spirit oftheinvention; but

What I claim herein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

1. In a coin counting machine, the combination of a centrifugal coincontainer comprising a stationary shell and a rotary hotjtom, with anopening in the wall of the shell to expose the rotary bottom; a gatespanninh; said opening in the wall of the container so as to leaveexposed a peripheral segment of the rotary bottom to receive the coinswhich pass one by one through the gate from the interior of thecontainer; a runway having a floorv which meets and is flush with theexposed segment of the rosaid container, substantially as and. for thepurpose hereinbefore set forth.

' 2. In a coin counting machine, the combination of a centrifugal coincontainer comv prising a stationary shell, and a rotary bottom, with anopening in the wall of the shell to expo'sethe rotary-bottom; a gatespanning-said open'ingin the wall of the con-- tainer so as to leaveexposed a peripheral segment of the rh t'a-ry bottom to receive thecoins whichone by-one through the gate from-the interior of thecontainer; a runway, the floor of which meets and is flush with theexposed segment of the rotary bpttom, and receives the coins'dischargedthere- 'from; a rotary carrier wheel located in the runway incloseproximity to the peripheral segment of said rotary b'Ottom to contactwith; and take hold of each coin beforeiit passes entirely beyond therotarybottom;

and a spring presser located between thecarrier .wheel and the gate,tobear with yielding pressure upon the rotary bottom,

between which presser and the rotary bot:

tom thecoins as they pass beyond theigat'e; are received and carriedshell to expose the rotary,

as audio! the purposes hereinbefore set bottom with. ari'fopening 1nspanning said opening in container so as segment of the rotary bottom; a

exposed receives ricr wheel is driven higher than that of the before setforth.

i. The centrifugal coin container compris bottom, with an openingin thewall of the shell to bottom, and the runway of'coins discharged bycell'- from said rotary bottom, in combination with the strip K,spanning the.

opening in said wall, and consisting of side of the runway, and andlimbs k is inclined to the ing a stationary shell and a rotary exposethe: rotary for the-passage trifugal action central limb k k forming onecentral limb in planes parallel: to one other, in the wall of thecontainer, lower edge cut away to form, with the rotarybottom beneath, a

and

counting machine, the comcontainer comprising. astationary shell and arotary the wall of the bottom; a gate the wall of the to leave exposeda'peripheral runway, the tloor of which meets and is-flush with thesegment of the rotary bottom, and the coin discharged therefrom; arotary carrier wheel located in the runway to the centrifugal coincontainer to contact with and take hold of entirely beyond the rotarybottom of said container; and actuatfor said rotary carrier wheelwhereby the rotary oarata peripheral speed rotary bottom, substantiallyas and for the purposes hereinthe limb is extending throu h a guideaving its in conjunction slot a through which the coin will bedischarged container and having its lower edge cut away to form, inconjunction with the rotary bottom beneath, a slot 8 through which thecoin will be discharged by centrifugal action, the wall of the containerforming the outer boundary of said slot; means for mov ing the strip Klengthwise inclination of the limbs k Icfand locking it in desiredposition, whereb at one o oration the length of the slot 8 an the widtof the runway me be adjusted to conform to the diameter or the articulardenomination of coins to be pass through he machine; and a gate strip Zvmounted on the limb k and verticall adjustable thereon to vary thewidth 0 the slot 8 to conform to the thickness of the coin to passtherethrough, and means for securing said gale strip in its adjustedposition. I

6. In combination with the entrifugal container and the strip K spgnninthe opening in the stationary wall in sai con- Itainer and having in itslower edge the slot a through which the coins are ischarged from saidcontainer, spring supports for said strip, and adjusting screws mountedon adapted to bear on the to de ress it against the yielding resistanceof e spring supports, whereby the bottom edge of sai strip maybeadjusted accurately with reference to the rotary bottom of thecontainer, substantially 2s 3:1(1 for the purposes hereillbetom set 7.The combination with the runway havin one of its sides movable m andfro'm the ot er to vary the width of the runway, of an inclined fenderlocated at the terminus of the runway beyond the opening through whichthe coins drop from the runway,

t e conta n an strip from above,

by centrifugal action, the wall ofitbe conguides inwhioh the fender issupported an tainer forming the outer boundary vof said can slidecrosswise of the runway, and a slotg-and means for bodily moving thestrip spring by whichthe head of the fender is K lengthwise in the planeof inclination of looking it in desired the limbs k k and position,whereby at one operation ength of the slot 5 and the width of runway mabe adjusted diameter 0 coins to be passe before set forth.

5.. In a coin counting machine, a centrifugal coin container comprisinga stationary shell and a rotary bottom, in the wall of the shell to andthe runway A k is forming one side of the runway an limbs 7.1 isinclined to'the central limb in the limb lo a guide in the wall of theplanes parallel to one another, extending through to conform to the thearticular denomination of throught machine, substantially at and forthe'p rposes hereinwith an opening expose the, rotary fornthe passage ofcoins discharged 'by'centrifugal action in combination E in consistingof a central mb d en held with yielding pressure against the adjustableside of the runway, whereby the fender automatically ada ts itself tothe movements of said adjusta tially as hereinbefore set forth.

8. In a coin counting machine, the combination with the runway and meansfor conveying coin therethrough, and the star wheel having a determinednumber of teeth which project one 'at a time into the runway in positionto be struck and moved. by the passing coins so as to revolve the starwheel. of the rotatable ratchet wheel; an actuating pin or finger on thestar wheel arranged and operating to engage ratchet wheel a distance ofone tooth at each revolution of the star wheel; a setting disk todetermine the extent of rotary movement of the ratchet wheel, said diskbeing rotatableto varyl the extent of that movement; a spring t w ichtends to revolve the ratchet wheel ma direction opposite to ithat in thethe le side, substan was 'and move the which it is revolved by the starwheel; the pivoted spring pressed pawl lever 17; the stop 12. on thestar whee the stop arm p on the pawl lever; and dogs at determinedpoints upon the interior opposite faces of the setting disk and ratchetwheel to limit the back revolution of the ratchet when released from thepawl, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of the runway;the star wheel n; the rotatable ratchet wheel having peripheral recess 0of greater depth than the ratchet teeth; the rotatable settin disk r andmeans for securing it in adjuste position; the dogso r on the interioropposite faces of the ratchet wheel and settin disk;

a ratchet wheel-actuating pin n on t e star wheel; the pivotedspring-pressed pawl lever p; the spring t for imparting back revolutionto the ratchet wheel when the latter is released from its pawl lever;the stop a on the star wheel; and the stop arm 1) on the pawllever-these parts being combined to operate jointly substantially in themanin its periphery a recess ner and for the forth.

10. The combination substantially as set forth of the rotatable settingdisk r having on its under face a dog 1"; means for securing the'settingdisk in adjusted position; the ratchet wheel 0 having on its upper facea dog 0, and, diametrically opposite dog 0, 0 of dimensions to permitthe actuating pin 71! of the'star wheel 11 to move therein withoutengaging the ratchet wheel; a spring ten ing to impart purposeshereinbefore set movement of back revolution to the ratchet wheel; aspring-pressed pawl p-for holding the ratchet wheel against. the stressof spring t; the star wheel a and pin n thereon; a register a andgearing whereb the move ment of the star wheelis cans to actuate theregister.

In testimonfy whereof I afiix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

HERBERT K. SMITH. Witnesses:

CHAs.- S. Flynn, H. 13. MARsToN;

